Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
NameOverton Bruce Lynch
Birth1 Jun 1851, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death16 Feb 1875, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
BurialScott Cem., Vernon Parish, Louisiana
OccupationFarmer
FatherAhijah Oliver Lynch Sr. (1813-1885)
MotherEleanor (Nelly) Green (1808-1861)
Misc. Notes
Family history has only shown Overton as having moved west. He was living in Rapides Parish, Bayou Rapides Township, Lousiana at time of 1870 census. No wife was shown at that time. On 11/29/1897, an O. B. Lynch appeared before a Notary Public in Vernon Parish, Louisiana and signed a deed (71/201/1898 in Rutherford Co., NC) to sale some land he owned along Knob Creek in Rutherford County, NC to W.B. Wilson and A.H. Lynch. I think this was Overton Bruce Lynch Jr. and he sold land he inheritad from his father estate. Overton, Sr. died in 1875. At the time of the 1880 census, Artemisia and all three of her children were living in Artemisia's parents (Allen and Margaret Lewis) home. I have seen Overton death date as 4 March 1875.

It appears that Overton and family were living in that part of Rapides Parish, La. that became part of Vernon Parish, La. in 1871.

I think Overton traveled to Louisiana with another young man fron Rutherford Co. by the name of Asa Bowman.
Spouses
Birth16 Jan 1851, Georgia
Deathca 1882, Louisiana
BurialScott Cem., Vernon Parish, Louisiana
FatherAllen Lewis (1822-1902)
MotherEllender Sellers (1824-1855)
Misc. Notes
Have seen her first names spelled Arta Mesia and Artemissia. In 1880 Artemisia (Census Spelling) and her three children were living in her father's home in Vernon Parish. Died of yellow Fever

Have seen info that she is burried in Scott Cemetery, Vernon Parris, Louisiana

from Scott Cemetery:
Artemissia Gayden Lewis
•Sex: F
•Birth: 16 JAN 1851


Father: Allen Lewis b: 13 DEC 1822 in Bulloch County, Georgia
Mother: Ellender Sellers b: 6 MAY 1824 in Georgia

Marriage: Overton Bruce Lynch b: ABOUT 1845 in Ireland
•Married: 9 MAR 1871 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Marriage4 Mar 1871, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
ChildrenCebern Claiborne (ca1872-)
 Elizabeth (Died as Child) (ca1874-ca1882)
 Overton Bruce (1875-1938)
Last Modified 14 Jan 2008Created 13 Sep 2021 using Reunion for Macintosh
Revised September 13, 2021